Just use rpm -ivh <package name>.
You should be getting ### marks and a system message saying installed.
Paul Pandian
IIM, Indore
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Gowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux-newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, February 11, 1999 5:04 PM
Subject: how do I install a package
>I downloaded a package (rpm) from the web onto my hard drive (via windows
>onto a fat16 drive). When I boot to Linux, I can see the package OK. (It
>has a really long name with an extension of rpm)
>
>How do I actually install the package?? I have tried changing to the
>directory that the file resides in and entering rpm -i <packagename and
>extension> and it errors out with a syntax error. I remove the extension
>and same thing. In the man there is a plus (+) after the example - so I
>tried that too - I still get a syntax error.
>
>What am I missing???
>
>Thanks in advance for any help!!
>
>Bill
>
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>Windows: just another pane in the glass.
